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we saw larger deficits, some of larger government. some of the discretionary spending cut and the democratic growth did cut the government's share of the private economy. we saw when even while reagan was in office when it came time to deal with the deficit that was something we ended up doing on democratic terms. with tax increases that began to wipe out the reagan tax cuts before he left office. and sharply curtailing when bush iv i was in office. that approach did not shrink the federal government. the next approach that was used was the theory of starve the beast. which contradicts the supply side. but we were in a slightly different place. instead of now we get the tax increase. we argue the tax cuts will reduce revenue. it will mean that the federal government has less money to spend and spend less. i think it's half right if you give the federal government more money it will find a way to spend it. the history of 2000s show it actually made growth of government seem like it was cost free. even taxation deferred than tennesseeed
we saw larger deficits, some of larger government. some of the discretionary spending cut and the democratic growth did cut the government's share of the private economy. we saw when even while reagan was in office when it came time to deal with the deficit that was something we ended up doing on democratic terms. with tax increases that began to wipe out the reagan tax cuts before he left office. and sharply curtailing when bush iv i was in office. that approach did not shrink the federal...
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the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. the resulting national debt is at more than $16 trillion. stephen bell, a senior director of the bipartisan policy desk says that the debt has been accumulating so much that the economy is at a high risk. >> our debt is the percentage of gdp. in the last 30 or 40 years, it >> our debt is the percentage of g inr yearst has en less than 40%. itly in recent years that we have seen it climb. the fact is we are entering dangerous territory. >> deborah solomon of the "bloomberg view" says that the policymakers are arguing and debating over causes but missing the main culprit -- a shellshocked u.s. economy. >> joshua gordon says that the deficit is continuing to expand because of job loss, causing less revenue and more spending on aid programs. >> you have a large deficit for four years because you have low revenues and people don't have jobs, or they're getting paid less. but also we have this mandatory spending program, which grow on autopilot. unemployment compensation, food stamps progra
the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. the resulting national debt is at more than $16 trillion. stephen bell, a senior director of the bipartisan policy desk says that the debt has been accumulating so much that the economy is at a high risk. >> our debt is the percentage of gdp. in the last 30 or 40 years, it >> our debt is the percentage of g inr yearst has en less than 40%. itly in recent years that we have seen it climb. the fact is we are entering dangerous...
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course, immigration and more immigration makes us a richer poor country and helps out on questions of deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business d helps out community and religious community. thank you and thank you mr. chairman. >> i will do the last around. i know it has been a long day for the witnesses. when the fbi was investigating travel, he did not find his trip to russia. they typed in his name incorrectly. , the airline. our bill requires that travel exit data be base by swiping the passport. we are making sure it is machine-readable on exit. dhs says this would have helped the fbi in this case. do you agree? absolutely. >> good. one example of many where we are tightening things up. that would have been relevant. now, i mentioned this to your previous witness from your group. i guess you are
course, immigration and more immigration makes us a richer poor country and helps out on questions of deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business d helps out community and religious community. thank you...
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but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the worst of the seq cuts are creating an emergency situation, we should consider using thighs funds to offset their impact. these really are emergencies and we should do it. i am not proposing we use them to offset the entire sequester but congress has the power to avert the most painful sequester cuts using these mexico. 28 republicans in the senate and 174 republicans in the house would impose these sequester haphazard cuts. if those same republicans work with democrats, we could act to protect families and businesses and ensure our national defense and save millions of americans hours waiting at the ai
but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the...
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together with the deficit reduction enacted last congress, the senate budget would reduce the deficit by $4.3 trillion. through a nearly two to one mix of spending cuts and revenue, two parts spending cuts to one part revenue. house republicans took a very different approach with their budget, making only cuts, drastic cuts to education, to law enforcement, to medical research, even ending medicare as we know it for future retirees. the house budget derives its deficit reduction from cuts that primarily hurt low-income and middle-class americans while refusing to touch a single tax give-away to wealthy and well-connected special interests. senate democrats took a middle course. house republicans produced an extremist tea party wish list. in his own budget plan, president obama included some smart provisions like investments in infrastructure and the buffett rule for tax fairness. and i respect the president's outreach to a compromise with republicans, but i cannot support the cuts to social security benefits in his plan. it is simply wrong to place the burden of deficit reduction on s
together with the deficit reduction enacted last congress, the senate budget would reduce the deficit by $4.3 trillion. through a nearly two to one mix of spending cuts and revenue, two parts spending cuts to one part revenue. house republicans took a very different approach with their budget, making only cuts, drastic cuts to education, to law enforcement, to medical research, even ending medicare as we know it for future retirees. the house budget derives its deficit reduction from cuts that...
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we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the federal government in this administration -- we had it in the bush administration, the last bush administration as well -- something i call executive branch swiss cheese. we've too many positions, senior positions in this administration. we had a uminfor number of theme last position. in some cases the administration has not vetted, nominated, and submitted names us to. in some conveyings we're not moving them very quickly thuns they have. there is a shared responsibility here. the administration -- in this case we haven't had a confirmed directo
we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the...
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look, think, ed is right about the deficit, to gdp ratio. but i also think you have to square those numbers with the worst job growth of any expansion on record, meaning income falling, poverty going up, inequality through the roof. yet at the same time setting the stage for a very insufficient revenue base. >> all right. >> through the tax cuts. >> we have basically run out of time on this. i'd like to give you more. i want to wish you all the best of luck tomorrow in the opening of the library. i hope the president enjoys it. i know he has been pursuing a great art career as well. i hope everybody has a great time with all the expresidents. i'm larry kudlow. revolutionizing an industry can be a tough act to follow, but at xerox we've embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helping thousands of companies
look, think, ed is right about the deficit, to gdp ratio. but i also think you have to square those numbers with the worst job growth of any expansion on record, meaning income falling, poverty going up, inequality through the roof. yet at the same time setting the stage for a very insufficient revenue base. >> all right. >> through the tax cuts. >> we have basically run out of time on this. i'd like to give you more. i want to wish you all the best of luck tomorrow in the...
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who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan bill in the house with peter king. to put forth a manchin-toomey compromise that failed, so sadly, in the senate last night. we are so disappointed. our sorrow was expressed so appropriately by president obama last night that i invited mike to join us here to tell you where we go from here and to answer the question that people are saying what can we do to change this. mike, would you speak -- thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, leader pelosi. it's a pleasure and honor to join you, to talk about and to answer any questions that you guys may have on gun violence prevention. -manchin amend
who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan...
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. >> bob: they all pay their parking tickets then we wouldn't have a big deficit problem. >> eric: $50 billion we have given the u.n. they do fund this human rights council and this guy does get money from that council. >> bob: reports children of the world. >> greg: let's face it, they do fund new york's prostitutes we can't forget that. >> bob: i never saw any hookers at the u.n. >> greg: speak up or stay silent on kermit gosnell born alive at his clinic. kimberly has breaking news on the courtroom action next. ♪ [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance a new ride comes along and changes everything. the 2013 lexus gs. this is the pursuit of perfection. can youtart the day the way you want? can orenci(abatacept) help? could your "i want" become "i can"? talk to your rheumatologist. orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain, morning stiffness and the progression of joint damage. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious infe
. >> bob: they all pay their parking tickets then we wouldn't have a big deficit problem. >> eric: $50 billion we have given the u.n. they do fund this human rights council and this guy does get money from that council. >> bob: reports children of the world. >> greg: let's face it, they do fund new york's prostitutes we can't forget that. >> bob: i never saw any hookers at the u.n. >> greg: speak up or stay silent on kermit gosnell born alive at his clinic....
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immigration and more immigration makes us a richer country not a poor country and ofps out on questions deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business community and religious community. thank you and thank you mr. chairman. around.l do the last i know it has been a long day for the witnesses. when the fbi was investigating travel, he did not find his trip to russia. they typed in his name incorrectly. our bill requires that travel exit data be base by swiping the passport. we are making sure it is machine-readable on exit. dhs says this would have helped the fbi in this case. do you agree? >> yes. absolutely. >> good. one example of many where we are tightening things up. that would have been relevant. now, i mentioned this to your previous witness from your group. i guess you are the second witness. you folk
immigration and more immigration makes us a richer country not a poor country and ofps out on questions deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business community and religious community. thank you and thank...
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greece has made a lot of progress in reducing deficit as well. therefore, we are regaining confidence. and if you look at market, markets are very, have regained a lot of confidence. and bonds for all member states, including italy, spain, all the concerned countries, are below they used to be before the crisis. therefore, markets have regained what we are doing now is building the next step, building the banking union. we have already agreed on mechanisms because we need a strong european supervision of banks because our banking works not only in the frame of one member state, but all of us. we need a european mechanism and a european supervision. we haveimemented, we will implement a supervise mechanism in the coming weekings. it -- weeks. it has been already decided. we will build, we have a european regulation on deposit insurance. we have a european regulation on our -- it is not yet decided, but it's drafted, and it is on the way on regulation that was -- [inaudible] mechanism as well. and, therefore, we are working step by step in the dire
greece has made a lot of progress in reducing deficit as well. therefore, we are regaining confidence. and if you look at market, markets are very, have regained a lot of confidence. and bonds for all member states, including italy, spain, all the concerned countries, are below they used to be before the crisis. therefore, markets have regained what we are doing now is building the next step, building the banking union. we have already agreed on mechanisms because we need a strong european...
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it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1 came, sequestration came, people woke up the next day and said what's the big deal? well, we're finding out what the big deal is all about. we just heard from the budget of the f.a.a., the air traffic controllers, that because of sequestration they have little option, 85% of their proiption praitional budget is in personnel and air traffic controllers are most of the personnel. so therefore they've announced this have to furlough 11 days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and that comes out to about one furlough day over each work period. it's as much as a 10% reduc
it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1...
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with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence make the heart grow fonder here? >> yeah. his popularity went up when he disappeared and started doing pictures and portraits of dogs and himself taking a shower. >> you wrote the book reminding everyone of president bush as he provided over the country. >> you know, you know this, reverend al. history is always a fight. it's always a struggle. we go back and forth. and, you know, bush was probably good pr advice. pretty despised when you left the presidential office. a majority of americans actually believed he had lied the country into the war in iraq. not just that it was a mistake, but he purposely said things that
with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence...
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gets away from that, we will work before the introduction to make sure it is deficit neutral. that is one of our bottom lines. thank you, everybody. >> senator chuck grassley is the ranking member. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee can come to order. for the delay. is a deal going on in massachusetts. i hope everybody can understand why the secretary of wonton amo will not be here. -- secretary will not be here. we will reschedule her testimony. she was saying how proud we are of the way that law enforcement .as responded i am distressed to hear an officer being killed. i see at least one person who runs marathons in the audience. my daughter and youngest son do. most marathons are a joyous occasion. the bipartisan proposal, we have established a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. it addresses the lengthy backlog in our immigration system. agricultural workers are in essential part of our communities and work so hard to provide our nations food supplies. it addresses the needs of our .aw enforcement community it impro
gets away from that, we will work before the introduction to make sure it is deficit neutral. that is one of our bottom lines. thank you, everybody. >> senator chuck grassley is the ranking member. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee can come to order. for the delay. is a deal going on in massachusetts. i hope everybody can understand why the secretary of wonton amo will not be here. -- secretary will not be here. we will reschedule her testimony. she was saying how...
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not only does this president obama get blamed for the economy, he also gets blamed for the deficit and the debt. and by 2019, half of our debt will be -- just because of the wars and the tax cuts. >> krystal ball and jonathan alter, i wish we had more time. thank you. >>> a reminder, we will have special coverage of the bush library ser mceremony tomorrow 11:00 a.m. stay with us. much more ahead. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced aspirin. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sens
not only does this president obama get blamed for the economy, he also gets blamed for the deficit and the debt. and by 2019, half of our debt will be -- just because of the wars and the tax cuts. >> krystal ball and jonathan alter, i wish we had more time. thank you. >>> a reminder, we will have special coverage of the bush library ser mceremony tomorrow 11:00 a.m. stay with us. much more ahead. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced...
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commands is the prerogative to -- it is the commander deficits sitting in judgment of that person. commanders do have a law enforcement function. on punishment. you cannot receive confinement time. you could have to forfeit some money or be reduced in rank. because ofat, -- ont, there is a cap punishment. you are facing more punishment. tends tole 15 system work fairly well in the military. it hinges on the commander understanding the rules of evidence -- the elements of the offense and being able to apply the facts and to have that article 15 hearing in a way that enables the individual to get their story out and hopefully justice is served. think nowadays article 15 are enders andrews -- career in many cases. we want them to learn their lesson. i do not see that happening a lot. host: retired colonel lisa windsor was an army judge advocate general and now serves as a practicing attorney. gloria from north carolina. caller: good morning. why hasn't the perpetrator of the massacre at fort hood, why hasn't he been tried? years.been several it is so obvious. witnesses. many what is h
commands is the prerogative to -- it is the commander deficits sitting in judgment of that person. commanders do have a law enforcement function. on punishment. you cannot receive confinement time. you could have to forfeit some money or be reduced in rank. because ofat, -- ont, there is a cap punishment. you are facing more punishment. tends tole 15 system work fairly well in the military. it hinges on the commander understanding the rules of evidence -- the elements of the offense and being...
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sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a controlled explosion at a house in cambridge, massachusetts, some timeay. amtrak is suspending service between new york and boston. senior democrat associated press as on the house intelligence committeeay the to the st ng suspects had before they confronted police., there was a briefing earlier today. across our networks, we will keep you posted with the latest news and updates. we continue in about an hour in 10 minutes we will take you live to the state department. john kerry, whose brief this morning at the white house on the boston investigat
sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a...
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you can't tell me you care about deficit reduction when they won't do anything to bring new revenue into the government. >> we had tax increases january 1st. bill: back to the point about money, jerry moran, republican from kansas, richard blumenthal, democrat out of connecticut, they argue you could take $50 million immediately in unused faa research and capital fund and prevent the air traffic controllers from closing. that is how you avert the thing immediately. >> easy to say that. i'm not counting the beans. i'm sure the faa is not making a gratuitous decision to hurt people sitting on tarmac. i assume they know what they're doing and not doing it with some kind of conspiracy with the white house to hurt travelers. >> part of the executive branch of government. the president, president obama runs the executive branch. >> he doesn't run the faa or every part of the government. >> they could do this in an afternoon, alan. >> go fix it. you know where the beans are being counted. ridiculous. bill: we'll see who cries uncle first in this. thank you, alan. thank you, tucker. see you both
you can't tell me you care about deficit reduction when they won't do anything to bring new revenue into the government. >> we had tax increases january 1st. bill: back to the point about money, jerry moran, republican from kansas, richard blumenthal, democrat out of connecticut, they argue you could take $50 million immediately in unused faa research and capital fund and prevent the air traffic controllers from closing. that is how you avert the thing immediately. >> easy to say...
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health care, taxes, deficit. we can talk about his leadership. the president can only run this country when he is dealing with leaders. we know these are not leaders now. they are cowards and selfishness and they have lack of leadership that that put us in this position now where they voted against something that 90% of the country supports, first of all. they voted against something that is right for our country and right for our society. and might make our society just a little bit safer. but they voted no. because they are cowards. and they put themselves in a category that, quite frankly, and i hate to see this, but put the themselves in a category that helps people like this, al qaeda terrorists. take a look. >> in the west, you've got a lot at your disposal. let's take america as an example. america is absolutely a wash with easily obtainable firearms. can you go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and, most likely without having to show an identif
health care, taxes, deficit. we can talk about his leadership. the president can only run this country when he is dealing with leaders. we know these are not leaders now. they are cowards and selfishness and they have lack of leadership that that put us in this position now where they voted against something that 90% of the country supports, first of all. they voted against something that is right for our country and right for our society. and might make our society just a little bit safer. but...